The parable of the Samaritan is an interesting thing.
Read the bible verses, and no where is the Samaritan described as 'good'.
(good might occur as a header, however, and it seems the parable is ALWAYS referred to using that word)
And then realize, adding that word 'good' to the actual wording of the parable CHANGES THE MEANING.
If he is a 'good' Samaritan, why wouldn't he help out ??
If he is an ordinary, run of the mill average Samaritan, then you see the point of the parable. And that point is utterly lost when the word 'good' is invariably associated with that Samaritan.
(Isaac Asimov did an essay on this topic, and I heartily concur with his, unfortunately, nearly unique take on this parable)
Read the bible verses, and no where is the Samaritan described as 'good'.
(good might occur as a header, however, and it seems the parable is ALWAYS referred to using that word)
And then realize, adding that word 'good' to the actual wording of the parable CHANGES THE MEANING.
If he is a 'good' Samaritan, why wouldn't he help out ??
If he is an ordinary, run of the mill average Samaritan, then you see the point of the parable. And that point is utterly lost when the word 'good' is invariably associated with that Samaritan.
(Isaac Asimov did an essay on this topic, and I heartily concur with his, unfortunately, nearly unique take on this parable)
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
